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that such contributions are properly dis
tributed.
Signed WALTER P. LANE,
II 2. LEAGUE,
WILLIAM FERGUSON,
DrOu'h Relief Committee.

Drou'h Relief Committee.
HOUSE DEBATE.
Giessrs. johnson of Smith and Bell OF
Cooke We're at cross purposes il debate
over the adoption of Mr.. Bells substitute
for the original commission bill in the
House during the afternoon session. Mr..
Johnson thought that one of the mystic
ries that railroad legislation would have
TO solve was the short-ha system, that
the railroads had given assurance that
they would break up pooling, bat the
people had been fed on promises bef0fe
by the railroads without 8 realization of
these promises being carried ouG ;,thst the
Legislature might stay here until d0OmS
day making general laws 10 regulate rail
roads, but tnat they never would reach
evils growing cut OF the pooling and
ShOrt-hs u Discrimination, ror could the
limited commission provided for in Mr..
Bells substitute ever correct the abuses
Mr.. Bah occupied the remainder of the
afternoon session trying to snow the
faIsity Of Mr. Johnson's reasoning.
PROBABLE REPORT TO MORROW.
Mr.. krlicks was excused from attend
ance on the House to-day to pre-
pare his report on the Judge
Willis case. 1t is probable that
the report will be made tomorrow.
Chairman Kirllcks, MI. Clarke of Red
River and Mr.. PrendergaS will make 8
report in favor OF addressing him out of
Office, which consists in the Governor re-
moving him on recommendation of the
legislature by two-thirds vote of each
house. Mr.. Robinson and Mr.. Fuller
will file minority report.
TO AT TIVE END OF SIXTY DAYS
A member who is posted remarked to-
day that there were good reasons to be-
liege that the Legislature would adjourn
at the end of sixty days, because the
Senate and House were sntagonistic OF
most all the bills pending. He did not
think they would accomplish much by
holding over.
THE PISTOL BILL,
The following IS the full text of the
pistol bill as it has passed both houses of
the Legislature:
Section /. Be it engcted by the Legis-
lature Of the state OF Texas, that article
SIS Of the Penal Code shall be so amend
ed as to hereafter read as follows:
Art. 3lS. If any person in this state
shall carry on or about his person, saddle,
or in his saddie-bags, any pistol, Girk,
dagger, Sung shot, sword cane, spear,
kpuCkles made Of any metal or any hard
substance, bowie knlfe or any other kind
of knife manufactured or sold fCr pur-
poses of offense or defense, he shall be
punished by 8 fire OF not less than S25
nor mere than $500, and shall be confined
in the county ilnot less thSn twenty nor
more than fifty q VS..
The law is to take EJECT ninety days
from its passage.
RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN.
The res, luton introduced into the
House to adjourn sine die on Thursday
the 18th of March, lies on the table sub
ject to calis
BRILLIANT LOGIC.
Never before, perhaps, outside Of the
halls of the federal Congress, has more
legal acumen been displayed than has
been exhibited by the able Senators ii
their discussions during the past three
days over the railroad commission bill
The vital interests that are at stake, and
the great wrongs that must be righted,
have aroused them to 8 sense of the grave
responsibility that rests upon their s1oul
ders, and right eloquently and logically
are they meeting the exisency in Joint
debate.
MISTAKEN IN THE BILL.
Governor Ross received letter from
citizen of Clillicotae, Hardeman county,
asking him t use his executive power 20
prevent the school lands occupied by
actual settlers from being sold ny bill
passed al this session. The letter was
referred TO Mr. Bell of Denton, VINO wrote
to Mr. j. c AVER, the gentleman sending
the letter, thai he was mistaken, and that
he had evidently :eken the bill TO sell the
scrap lands to embrace the sale G. all the
school lands.